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Oct. 25, 1927 a. WALTER BOX Filed NOV. 23, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 5071/25. Zo a/(261,"

remedied. 25, 1921.

UNITED STATES- P TEN -o .1,s4e,em FFICE. I

HARRISON B. WALTER, or 0310100, nnms, nssrenon, BY mnsrm assreumnn'rs,

TO CONTAINER CORPORATION T1011 DELAWABE.

I This invention relates to improvements in boxes made of fibre or paper board or the like and consists ofthe matters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out ilfthe appended claims. 1

s The object of the invention is to provide 1 abox ofthe kind which is'adaptedjor use more particular-l in the shipment of fruit, such for examp e as oranges, lemons, and

l0 othercitrus'fruit, andywhich may be .sent knocked-down or flat to the packer, who may quickly 'and easily set up the box ready for a packing.

Another ob'ct of theinvention is to providea box 0 the; kind which is cheap and L economical to manufacture andwhich at the.

same. time is of great rigidity and strength, so that it will withstand the shocks 'and ars bothfrom inside and from outside resulting from the rough handling to which it is sub.-

jected inshipment.

' Another object of the invention is -to provide abox of" the kind, which, though made, of fibre board, may be easilypacked in a car '5 and held in suitable spaced relation for the" circulation ofair in and about it when placed in a row of boxes of the kind, by'nieans of wood strips nailed to the boxes in the same way as in the case of the familiar wood fruit boxes.

- The many advantages of my invention will appear more clearly as I proceed with my specification. y

In the drawings:

. Figure 1 is a perspective lan view of the blank and arts connected t ereto forformin the b0 y of the box. I

igure 2 is a perspective view of the lid oflthe box.

igure 3 is a which forms t wall of the box. V

v Figure tie aperspective view of the boxhody as it appears when set up and ready for packing.

Figure 5 is a persgective'view of an end. of the box showing 1; e marginal flaps at the top of the body in folded relation as when psrspective view of the part intermediate, transverse packed and ready for the application of the d of the box. 1 Figurefi is a perspective view of the box as; i121. appears when. loaded with the lid ap-" phe Figure is a-view-showing themanner of 311, 11 on their inner faces (their top facesa's' the parts appear in Figure 1). 16, 16 indi- -the edge of the blank. They are'secured to .of the box. Said blanks may be provided- OF AMERICA, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORA- no'x'. i

7 Application filed November 88, 1925. Serial No. 70,769.

placing the boxes side by side with strips at the; front and rear ends nailed to the box ends for holding them in spaced relation.

F1gure 8,is a perspective view'showing a slightly modified form of the box. Referring now to that embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawings :-l0 indicates the blank for forming the sides and bottom of the box. This blank is an elongated sheetof fibre or paperboard'of a 1 width equal to the length of the box to be 05 formed and of a length to provide two side walls 11 11, an intermediately placed bottom wall '12, and lateral flap extensions13', 13, of the side walls 11,11, atthe ends of the blank. .The several parts of the blank re ferred to are defined and their lateral limits determined by four transverse creases 14.

15, 15' indicate narrow wood strips applied transversely to the marginal ends'ofx the sides cate similar, ut preferablywlder, transverse strips of wood, applied to the outer face qthe'bottomqface as shown in Figure 1) of t e bottom wall 12 at its marginal ends.

spectively to the width of the side. walls 11, 11','and of the bottom wall 12, and are each preferably placed with an edge flush with ther-bla'nk by means of staples or by any other suitable means. v 17, 17 indicate blanks attached to the main blank and designed to form the end walls with holes or apertures as shown for puroses of ventilation. Each ofthese blanks is of the area of the end of the intended box,-that is to say, it is a width equal to the width of the bottom wall 12 ,of the blank and its height is equal to the width of the side walls 11, 11 of the main blank. Each end'blank as shown is provided with oppositely folding, top and bottom extensions '18, 19, defined by creases 18?, 19. The bottom extensions 18 are of substantially the same width as the wood strips 15, 15 of the side. walls 11, 11, and are secured by means of staples or other means to the marginal ends the bottom wall 12 and to its wood st ggls 16I 1' i ,I

'e parts thus far described comprise the body 0 the box and when made and secured all Said strips 15 and 16 are equal in length re-.

together, as hereinbei ore set forth, will lie flat, with one end blank 17 overlapped upon the other end blank, as shown in Figure 1, so

'tfihat said bodyofthe box may be shipped- Sat.

The novel box has an intermediate, transverse wall which in the preferred construc- ,tion is duplex and consists of two blanks 20,

21, each having a main part of the width and depth of the boxand each provided with a folding flapextension 20", 21", respectively,

The two blanks are secured together with their .main body arts in contact throughout and with their. I ap extensions 20, 2,1 d1sl posed to foldin opposite. directions. Two

' i 24, 24, and 25, like the wood strips and 16 heretofore described, 'attached respectively at the marginal ends and at the middle of the blank,23. Y g F The lid 23 and the intermediate, trans-- 'verse wall may beeonvenientl laid on I top of the main body blank 10 an the said three parts thus assembled, constituting all the parts of the box ready to'be set up, may

be sent to the shipper'flat or-knocke,ddown. ,To setup the box, theside members 11,11 are folded on their crease lines 14,

bottom wall 12. In this movement, an end i of each wood strip 15,15 is brought to bear on top of the bottomflap extension 18 of the adjacent end blank 17. The: end blanks 17-are then-in succession. folded into vertical position, with their lateral margins against the adjacent wood strips 15, 15 .(see Figure 4) to which they are then secured by means of staples or other suitable attaching -deviees.- The intermediate wall 20 i=s. then inserted into the box-body with the res ec'tive'folding "extensions 20., 21, preferab y disposed in ogposite directionsagainst the inner faces of t e side walls 11, 11, td'which they are attached by means of staples 26,26.- flghlis completes -t e setting-up oper'atiome box,

when set up, appears, as shown. in Figured, ---with the several folding extensions of the sides 11,11 and ends 17, 17, namely the fold ing extensions 13, 13 and 19, 19, disposed thereinto. 4 t

After the box is packed, the severaifold mg extensionsfor flaps 13, and 19, are folded down against the content of the box the flaps 19, 19 of the end wa first, and 'then the flaps 13, 13 of the side walls down u n the flaps 19, 19,.asshownin Figure 5. e

, hd is then placed on'top of the box in posito g. them to vertical relation with respectlto the;

"tion to close it, in which position it'is readily secured byvmeans of nails or other convenient securing devices, which take through the wood strips 24 and the fibre blank of the lid, and through the flaps 19 and then engage in-the top ends of the strips 15 of the sides of j the box. 1

.When the box is thus scaled, as described, it will manifestly p're-' senta very strong and rigid structure. 1 The flaps 13, 13 at the top edges'of the side walls and the flaps 19, 19 at the tops of the end wallsof the boxnot only provide an inner marginal closure for the box. so that when i the lid is applied, the box is adequately closed-without gaps along the sides, but they. also act as flanges to stiflfen the sides and ends of the box at the top so as to reinforce it against jars or strains tending tobend or .distort the walls of the bdx. the box is still further reinforced by the wood stris at its ends which,together, with the fibre ody, when the box is closed, providea rigid combination fibre and wood rectangular frame at each nd-ofthe box;

relation by means of wood strips extending to. Boxes made in accordance with the inventlon may be slmlla rly maintalned'in rows with a ir-spaces 30 between adjacent boxes- (see Figure 7) and wood strips '31 may be i nailed to the ends of the boxes with the nails 9 taking through the strip 31 and engaging through the'lid strips 24 and into the upright I strips 15,15 which constitute the side'corner posts of the boxes.

If. desired the box may be bound by a 1 wire or band in; the transverse'planepf the intermediate wall 20 and of the intermediate transverse wood strip 25 of the 'lid, said'ing termediate' wall presenting the internal re.- sistance; required to withstand the force of the wire orband.

is shown in Figure 8. In this case the clotogethenof providing. a complete, instead of on y a marginal closure for the box. In said figure, Iikeparts are indicated by' t 6 same to the side walls 11*, 11 of the box; Said flaps are wide-enough to abut, or preferably to overlap as shown at-the middle ofthe box, thus compdetely closin it. The closure packed, closed and \r 13", 13 indicate'the closure flaps hinged i In addition,

'90 It is customary in stacking wood fruit.

bexes to'space them in rows in the car and to hold them so they will maintain the spaced along the ends of the boxes and nailed therea? v binding 9' Avery good box of the may be made I in which the lid 23 is omitted, Such aabox" sure flaps hinged to'the sidewalls'of the box body are made wider so as, to be capable numerals heretofore used, with the supern vertically sothat the fruit or other goods to fix be packed in the box maybe easily inserted transversely across them and then being secured in place by nails which take through said wood strips, through the marginal ends of the closure flaps and into the ends of the side wood strips 15". k

The many advantages of my invention will be manifest to those familiar with the art.

While in describing my invention I have referred to many details of mechanical construction and arrangement of .parts, it will be understood that the invention is not to of a blank and of transverse wood strips secured to the marginal ends of said blank.

2. A box made of 'fibre board or the like comprising, a body blank cut and creased to provide a bottom wall, two side walls and lateral flap extensions of the side walls, and transverse wood strips secured to the inside and outside faces respectively of said side walls and bottom wall at their marginal ends; end blanks each provided with oppositely folding top and bottom extensions, said bottom extensions being secured to the marginal ends of said bottom wall; and a lid consisting of a blank and of transverse wood strips secured to the marginal ends of said blank.

3. A box made of fibre board or the like comprising, a body open on top and a lid for closing said open top, the body having side, end, and bottom walls, and transverse wood strips attached to said bottom, side walls and lid at their marginaljends in alternate arrangement, with some of the strips on the inside faces of said walls and the adjacent strips on the outside faces of said walls, said wood strips when the box is closed, presenting a'rigid combination wood and fibre rectangular frame at each-end of the box.

4. A box made of fibre board or the like comprising, a body openat the top and a lid for closing said open top, the body having side, end, and bottom walls and an intermediate transverse' wall, and transverse wood strips attached to said bottom, side walls and lid at their marginal ends in alternate arrangement, with some of the strips on the insidefaces of said walls and the adjacent strips on the outside faces of said walls, said wood strips when the box is closed, presenting a rigid combination wood and fibre rectangular frame at the ends of the box, and a. transverse wood strip attached to said lid in the plane of said intermediate transverse wall.

5. A box made of fibre board or the like comprising, a 'body blank cut and creased to provide a bottom wall, two side walls and lateral flap extensions of the sidewalls, and transverse wood strips secured to the inside and outside faces respectively of said side walls and bottom wall at their marginal ends; and end blanks eachoppositely folding top and ttom extensions, and bottom extensions being secured to the marginal ends of said bottom wall.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I aflix my signature this 19th day of November, A. D. 1925.

. HARRISON B. WALTER.

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